to: lower the maximum child age of eligibility for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A from 24 to 21 years of age from 1 January 2012; and pause indexation for the: higher income free area for FTB Part A; FTB Part B income limit; and baby bonus income limit;

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

to extend the commencement date for indexation of the paid parental leave income limit;

Social Security Act 1991

to require people to test their future work capacity by participating in training or work-related activities in order to qualify for the disability support pension;

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to enable income management to continue in the Cape York area for another 12 months; and

to provide for: modified arrangements for advance payments of family tax benefit (FTB); and the payment of FTB Part A supplement for a child turning four conditional on that child receiving a health check prior to starting school;

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

to determine a parent’s taxable income by using their previous taxable income, indexed by growth in wages, when a tax return has not been lodged;

Social Security Act 1991

to require payers of compensation to notify Centrelink of proposed payments of compensation; and

to provide that only Australian residents qualify for disability support pensions;

Social Security Act 1991

and

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

to: provide that leave payments are included when calculating income concessions; provide that the work bonus rules apply to couples who receive separate income support payments from different agencies; and respond to recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report

Building trust: Supporting families through Disability Trusts

by reducing the work capacity and trust purpose requirements for special disability trusts;

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

and

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

to provide that students studying overseas full-time are treated for family tax benefit purposes similarly to full-time students studying in Australia; and

to enable three additional parcels of land in the Northern Territory to be granted to the relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to: enable people in Cape York who receive age pension or carer payments to have their payments income managed; and make changes to the treatment of residual balances when a person again become subject to income management, or dies;

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

,

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

and

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

in relation to the administrative functions of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal;

Social Security Act 1991

to clarify that a gift that has been returned does not have to be assessed as a deprived asset for the purposes of the social security assets test;

Social Security Act 1991

and

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

to clarify the requirements for an individual to pass the control test in relation to a controlled private trust; and

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

to require notification within 26 weeks to be given when a child for whom baby bonus is paid leaves an individual’s care. Also makes minor and technical amendments to five Acts.

to: introduce mandatory continuous adjustment of family tax benefit rates in certain circumstances; cease fortnightly family tax benefit and past period payments in the same income year when income tax returns are not lodged; and enable information sharing between the Australian Taxation Office and Centrelink for reconciliation and debt offsetting purposes.

to remove the tax system option for delivery of family tax benefit payments;

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to enable people subject to the Northern Territory income management regime to access the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal appeal mechanisms; and

Social Security Act 1991

to: provide new Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) participants, commencing on or after 1 July 2009, with access to the CDEP program while receiving income support payments; and provide that existing CDEP participants receive CDEP wages from CDEP providers and, in certain circumstances, the CDEP Scheme Participant Supplement.

to enable: Centrelink to make oral submissions to Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) hearings; SSAT to give oral reasons on ‘affirmed’ cases; and SSAT members to be appointed for a term of up to five years;

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

,

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

,

Social Security Act 1991

and

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

to repeal redundant references to disability wage supplement and rehabilitation allowance; and

in relation to the maternity immunisation allowance to: restructure payment of the allowance; extend eligibility to certain adopted children; and modify the rules for determining entitlement;

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

in relation to the partner service pension to: cease eligibility for partners who are separated but not divorced from their veteran spouse and who have not reached pension age; and set the eligibility age for partners of veterans in receipt of certain pensions; and